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KI v. STATE

78 S.W.3d 876 (2002)

Woo-Jun KI, et al. v. The STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

July 9, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara Hawley Smith and William Daniel Leader, Jr., Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellants, Woo-Jun Ki and Jeong-Gyung Ki.

Alan M. Parker, Knoxville, Tennessee; and Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; and Kimberly J. Dean, Deputy Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted appeal to determine the meaning of "claimant" in Tenn.Code Ann. § 9-8-307(e) when an action for wrongful death is filed against the State. We hold that the decedent is the sole "claimant" under Tenn.Code Ann...

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